1715/19 Initial Additions
Following Nette's death (1714), the stuccoworker Donato Guiseppe Frisoni becomes the chief architect through the Duke's protection. His designs plan the enlargement of the palace complex by extending the wings to the west. Central buildings in secondary courtyards and additions in the north with the foundations necessary due to the slope of the terrain are to provide a magnificent enhancement of the view from the north and south.
However, the outward representation had brought no improvement in the cramped living situation of the sovereign and his guests. To satisfy the constantly growing need for space in the increasingly intensively used palace, Frisoni's plan is executed in an altered form. His plans are now already directed at using Ludwigsburg as a residential palace.
Erection of the Palace Chapel (Schlosskapelle) (1715/23) came to a standstill, as it was not possible to build the vaulting of the central building. To execute the vaulting and for ornamental plasterwork, Frisoni brings his nephew Paolo Retti to Ludwigsburg. The Chapel is the only courtly church building in the Rococo style in Württemberg and differs considerably due to its appointments by the Carlone brothers, which were directed at representation, from the otherwise reserved decoration of Protestant church buildings.
Another central building is constructed (1715/24) opposite the Chapel, planned as a Hall of Knights of the Hunting Order (Rittersaal des Jagdordens). The new Noblemen's Buildings (Kavalierbauten) for the highest Court employees then continue the axis of the side wings. Finally, the originally flat-roofed New Corps de logis is topped with a pavilion in 1719 so that it continues to be recognizable as the most important building in the enlarged complex. 1707/13 Contemporary Plans 1724/33 Tremendous Completion